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Systec SP – highly dynamic

Systec SP is equipped with a hybrid drive system and is particularly suited for applications in packaging production. Short cycle times and high availability provide the ideal solution for many quick applications. The Systec SP stands for production effi cient processes and maximum cost effectiveness with best results.

Systec Servo – highly flexible

The Systec Servo is a hydraulic injection moulding machine with a hybrid drive concept. It is designed to be extremely energy efficient and can be flexibly adjusted to many requirements and production processes – with possibilities ranging from the wellequipped basic model to the individually configured production cell.

IntElect – highly precise

An all-electric injection moulding machine characterised by its high precision and energy efficiency. Low operating costs are what makes IntElect particularly efficient. The machine was built based on Sumitomo’s unique know-how in the development of all-electric drive systems

El-Exis SP – incredibly fast

With extremely short cycle times and the shortest injection times El-Exis SP is the ideal machine for the application in the high end packaging production. The machine convinces with its robustness and extreme filling dynamics.

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Oct 20, 2016

Sumitomo (SHI) Demag launches technology and functionality

Operating and optimising injection moulding machines from Sumitomo (SHI) Demag has now become even easier. Hand in hand with customers, the machine manufacturer’s Application Engineering Center has developed a range of tutorials that explain the functionality of its injection moulding machines and their NC5plus control system and show users how to optimise the process.

With eight machines running at K 2016, Sumitomo (SHI) Demag will set new milestones in the latest injection moulding technology for the production of plastic packaging, automotive parts and precision components. The injection moulding machinery manufacturer with headquarters in Schwaig near Nuremberg will present five machine exhibits under the trade fair motto “Electrified 4.0” on its own stand in Hall 15 and a further three with the partner companies Sepro, Yushin and ONI. All these exhibits underscore product-specific unique selling propositions: speed, an increasing number of electric drives and equipment designed for the opportunities and demands of Industry 4.0. An important new development is the world premiere of the second-generation all-electric IntElect machine series. At Düsseldorf, the manufacturer will demonstrate a machine from this series with a clamping force of 500 kN.

Sumitomo (SHI) Demag boosts presence in Scandinavia and the Baltic States

As Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery GmbH of Schwaig near Nuremberg is expanding its sales and service network in Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway and the Baltic States, the company will appoint additional personnel to shore up its after-sales service infrastructure. The agencies in Sweden, Denmark and Finland will also distribute equipment from Piovan S.p.a., the world leader in supplying ancillary equipment to the plastics industry.

Sumitomo (SHI) Demag has appointed Sebastian Schaper (46) manager of its new subsidiary in Valencia/Spain, which was set up to meet the specific application demands of Spanish customers with a comprehensive service. On November 1 2016, Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery España S.L. will start operation, catering to 600 existing Demag customers in the Spanish market.

Sumitomo (SHI) Demag will expand its position in the promising Iranian market. Accordingly, the injection moulding machinery manufacturer has set up new consultancy, sales and service offices in Iran at the beginning of 2016. The company’s local partner, Kara Sanaat Rasha Co. of Tehran, and his strong team of experts with more fifteen years of experience and a solid relationship with local customers in the plastics industry will support this initiative.

Schwaig, October 5th, 2016 – Gerd Liebig (55) will be new CEO at Sumitomo (SHI) Demag. Starting January 1st, 2017 he will succeed Dr. Tetsuya Okamura (60) who will take over a new responsible position at Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd. Gerd Liebig has been working in responsible positions in Sales and Marketing the injection moulding industry for more than 25 years. From April 2015 on he has been the Chief Sales Officer at Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery GmbH.

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Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery GmbH, Schwaig/Germany, is one of the world's largest manufacturers of injection moulding machines for the processing of plastics.

The Japanese-German company was formed in the spring of 2008 by merging the injection moulding activities of Sumitomo Heavy Industries (SHI) and those of Demag Plastics Group.

The global development and production network of Sumitomo Heavy Industries and Sumitomo (SHI) Demag consists of four plants in Japan, Germany and China with more than 3,000 employees.

The product portfolio encompasses all-electric, hydraulic and hybrid injection moulding machines with clamping forces of between 180 and 15,000 kN. With over 100,000 machines installed, Sumitomo (SHI) Demag is present in all important markets throughout the world.

With more than 5,000 machines sold each year, the Plastics Machinery Business of Sumitomo Heavy Industries counts as one of the largest Global manufacturer of injection moulding machines